Mr. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the floor.
I would like to start by telling my colleague from the Reform Party that, if he is going to attack the separatists, as he calls us in his speeches, he could at least make sure to give us a little time to reply.
I have two comments. First, the term "separatist" does not exist in international law. That is why we use the word "sovereignty" and its derivatives all the time. We make no secret of the fact that we want to become a "sovereign" nation. That is the first point I wanted to make.
Second, the question before us-and the minister can confirm it because he said so himself earlier-has been under review for 21 years, I think.
So, Bloc members who want Quebec to become sovereign as well as Liberals-while holding opposite views-are capable of looking at this and saying: "What the natives are requesting in here makes a lot of sense and after 21 years, it is about time that we delivered". Let us not get sidetracked by lip service. That is what I wanted to get across to my colleague.